- 5 medium carrots peeled and chopped
- 5 medium carrots peeled and chopped
- 2 tablespoon of olive oil
- 2 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 clove of garlic, crushed
- 1 clove of garlic, crushed
- 2 teaspoons of cumin seeds
- 2 teaspoons of cumin seeds
- ¼ cup of feta
- ¼ cup of feta
- ¼ cup of lemon juice
- ¼ cup of lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons of honey
- 2 teaspoons of honey
- Fresh mint leaves
- Boil the carrots until they are soft and cooked through and then drain.
- Add the olive oil to a pan and then toast the cumin seeds until aromatic. Turn the heat down and add the garlic and gently cook through until soft.
- Add all your ingredients to a blender and pulse until the mixture is smooth and well combined. Season to taste.
- Enjoy.
I don’t tend to have a lot of great recipe ideas for cooking with carrots. I tend to crunch on them raw while I am cooking dinner, or else roast them in a swirl of olive oil and sprinkle of sea salt in the oven until they are all soft on the inside with just the right amount of brown on the outside. My husband and I both discovered long ago (back when we used to cook together) that carrots steamed whole are somehow much tastier than carrots cut them into little sticks so occasionally we lash out and spend the time doing that also.
So this carrot recipe is a bit of a gem for those weekend nights when I want to do something just a little special. Yes it does rely on the excellent carrot companion of honey and mint and why shouldn’t it, when they go so well together. But it also brings in a few other flavours too such as the creamy saltiness of feta.
I also tend to go very overboard with some extra toasted cumin seeds sprinkled liberally over the top of the dip once it is finished. I crave a little peppery heat in most of my recipes these days and there is nothing so satisfying as the full flavoured crunch of a roasted cumin seed set against  the creamy backdrop of a dip.
This recipe has been sitting in my “drafts” box for so long now and I feel it is time it got to see the light of day.
So here it is, my carrot and feta dip.
Do let me know how you like to cook your carrots.
Happy Eating.
Dani xx